Veterans

ByKatti Gray |December 3, 2015

ByKatti Gray |September 16, 2015

The Veterans Moving Forward program makes available to convicted ex-military men and those awaiting trial—including those who’ve been diagnosed with mental illness—counseling, peer-to-peer support and other amenities rarely extended to people behind bars.

By |June 3, 2014

The story told by Russell Whitehead last week in a mammoth ballroom at the Anaheim Marriot Hotel, just outside of southern California's Disneyland, was as harrowing as it was routine to anyone familiar with the ravages of alcohol addiction. He spoke about the humiliation of being shackled in court after a succession of DUIs, of appearing filthy, smelling and hung-over from the night before, and facing the prospect of days, weeks or months in hellish jails with no hope of […]

ByCurtis Stephen |January 30, 2014

At the sprawling Allan B. Polunsky Unit—which houses some 300 people on death row in Livingston, TX—John Darrell Thuesen awaits word of a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling that he hopes will spare his life. The appeal is being closely watched across the country.

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Behind the outrage on the streets of America’s cities this week, there were genuine efforts to find common ground between police and demonstrators. It was not always comfortable, but it was real, a TCR reporter who joined thousands of marchers in New York City discovered one evening this week.

The release of older, vulnerable federal inmates as a protective health measure, with no discernible impact on crime rates, should be a sign that “the sky’s not going to fall” if the releases continue after the crisis, say reformers. They hope it can pave the way for a more evidence-based approach to crime and punishment.

"It’s hard to convict the police — and even when the criminal wrongdoing appears to be in front of your eyes,” acknowledged Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who announced upgraded charges Wednesday against the four police officers involved in George Floyd's death.

Following the death of George Floyd, law enforcement personnel of various ranks have condemned the police misbehavior, with some even calling for criminal charges. That’s an impressive change from attitudes just a few years earlier, says a former New Jersey prosecutor—but is it too little, too late?

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